KR100514700B1 - Method for upgrading terminal of global positioning system and system itself - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for upgrading a GPS terminal, the GPS terminal comprising a GPS receiver for providing a variety of guidance information to the user, a) receiving a satellite signal from the GPS receiver from the GPS satellite, time, date and Extracting location information; b) If the extracted time, date, and location information is valid after comparing with the various management information including the validity period embedded in the GPS terminal and determining whether the current guide data stored in the GPS terminal is valid, the guide information according to the guide data is valid. Providing a service; c) informing and notifying the user of service limitations and upgrades when the invalid guide data or the expiration date have expired according to the determination; And d) providing or limiting the guidance information service of the GPS terminal according to the new upgrade after the announcement of the guide, and comparing the management information of the GPS terminal with the GPS satellite signal to the new guidance data. By guiding and inducing to update, it is possible to prevent the guidance of the old or wrong guide data from being performed from the GPS terminal and to perform efficient customer management.

Description

Upgrade method of GPS terminal and its system {Method for Upgrading Terminal of Global Positioning System and System itself}

The present invention relates to a guide information service of a GPS terminal, and more particularly, to a method of upgrading a GPS terminal having a guide information service restriction function for determining whether or not to provide guide information service by determining validity of data embedded in a GPS terminal. And to the system.

In general, the GPS (Global Positioning System) has a plurality of satellites, 24 GPS satellites (27 in fact including 27 supplementary satellites) continuously rotating the Earth's atmosphere in different orbits. This is to obtain four or more satellite signals at any time on earth. In order to measure position, signals must be received from at least four satellites simultaneously. Of course, if you receive signals from more satellites, you can get more accurate position values. The GPS receiver has 4 channels, 12 channels, or 16 channels according to the number of satellite signals processed simultaneously. The signal received from the GPS includes various information data, so that not only the position value but also the current time and date can be obtained.

GPS-based systems are widely used in conjunction with electronic maps (GIS) in aircraft, ships, and vehicle navigation systems, and are also used to determine the location of people and vehicles. In addition, personal portable GPS receivers have been developed and used for unknown exploration and magnetic location during military operations. Recently, a GPS receiver in a portable cordless phone has been developed and released.

The GPS terminal with the built-in GPS terminal may provide various guide information services to the user by using the guide data embedded in the GPS terminal while moving in a vehicle or a walk. For example, the guidance information of various road information is provided to guide the route to the destination, or the various information information services for safe driving such as a dangerous area or a surveillance camera are provided through various methods such as voice and / or screen. Can provide services.

In this way, the guidance information service is provided to the user according to the guidance data built into the GPS terminal, and various information on the road and dangerous areas or surveillance cameras for safe driving are added, deleted, or changed from time to time for accurate guidance information service. It is desirable to update and update the latest guide data to the GPS terminal.

Therefore, when a user of a GPS terminal does not upgrade various guide data for a long time or uses a GPS terminal embedded with old guide data, the actual road information and guide information and guide data are different, and thus, the wrong guide information service is provided, or accurately. If you do not receive the guidance there was a problem that does not promote safe driving.

As such, the GPS terminal should always contain the latest guide data, but it cannot be embedded due to various reasons such as user's carelessness, illegal copying of the GPS terminal, or the period from purchase to the point of purchase by the consumer. There are a lot of problems with the situation.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and if the user is not suitable to provide the guide information service by determining the validity of the guide data embedded in the GPS terminal when using the GPS terminal to upgrade to new guide data An object of the present invention is to provide a GPS terminal having a function of limiting guidance and guidance information services.

In addition, the present invention is to prevent confusion due to incorrect guidance information to the user by limiting some or all of the guide information service when not upgrading the guide data despite the guide to upgrade the new guide data to the GPS terminal Another purpose.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user connected to a server such as an upgrade center in order to newly upgrade the guide data to provide a GPS terminal and customer information, the GPS terminal manufacturer guides various advertisements or announcements, etc. Another object is to provide a function that allows for efficient operation.

In order to achieve the object according to the present invention, in the GPS terminal comprising a GPS receiver for providing a variety of guidance information to the user,

a) receiving a satellite signal from a GPS satellite in a GPS receiver and extracting time, date and location information;

b) If the extracted time, date, and location information is valid after comparing with the various management information including the validity period embedded in the GPS terminal and determining whether the current guide data stored in the GPS terminal is valid, the guide information according to the guide data is valid. Providing a service;

c) informing and notifying the user of service limitations and upgrades when the invalid guide data or the expiration date have expired according to the determination; And

and d) providing an upgrade method of the GPS terminal, including providing or limiting the guide information service of the GPS terminal according to whether a new upgrade is provided after the announcement.

In addition, the present invention, a GPS terminal including a GPS receiver for providing a variety of guidance information services to the user; And

It is characterized in that it provides an upgrade system for a GPS terminal including a server for providing an upgrade to the GPS terminal is linked to the product information DB, the customer information DB and the content DB including the guide data related to the GPS terminal.

Hereinafter, an upgrade method and a system of a GPS terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an upgrade system of a GPS terminal according to the present invention.

Firstly, the present invention provides a GPS terminal 100 including a GPS receiver for providing various guide information services to a user of a GPS terminal, a product information DB 13, a customer information DB 14, and guide data related to the GPS terminal. Containing the content DB 12 is linked is composed of a server 11 for providing an upgrade to the GPS terminal 100. The server 11, the content DB 12, the product information DB 13 and the customer information DB 14 are provided in the upgrade center 10, and the upgrade center 10 upgrades and manages the GPS terminal 100. A plurality of servers and DB for may be included.

In FIG. 1, the GPS terminal 100 of the present invention includes a central controller 102 for controlling its own function and operation, and a GPS receiver 101 for receiving location information and time information from the GPS satellite 30. And a communication unit 103 connected with the server 11 to upgrade the guide data or the program of the GPS terminal 100 and the management information of the guide data and the guide data received from the server 11. The storage unit 104, the memory unit 105 for storing various programs for controlling the GPS terminal 100 in accordance with the central control unit 102, and a variety of audio-visual methods, including voice, sound or screen to the user And an output unit 107 for outputting a guide information service, and an input unit 106 for inputting various controls by a user's operation.

In addition, the upgrade server 11 is connected to the GPS terminal 100 to provide the latest guide data, and the content DB 12 linked to the server 11 and stores a variety of content including the guide data And a product information DB 13 including information on the used product and a customer information DB 14 including various information such as membership registration and upgrade details for the customer.

Furthermore, a communication network 20 using wired and / or wireless is provided between the server 11 of the upgrade center 10 and the GPS terminal 100.

According to an embodiment, the configuration may be configured in various forms according to the specification and guide data of the GPS terminal, the type and amount of customer information, and the like.

Referring to the detailed function of the upgrade system of the GPS terminal according to the present invention, the GPS terminal 100 includes the date and location information from the satellite signal received from the GPS satellite 30 through the GPS receiver 101 Extract information such as time. The extracted information is compared with the management information of the guide data stored in the storage unit 104 by the operation of the central control unit 102 and the program of the memory unit 105, the guide stored in the storage unit 104 of the GPS terminal Determine if the data is valid. If the data is valid according to the determined result, the central control unit 102 provides a suitable guide information service according to the guide data through the output unit 107, and if not valid, the program stored in the memory unit 105. Provides the user with a pre-designated upgrade announcement. In addition, even after a predetermined time elapses after the upgrade notification is made, if the upgrade is not necessary or immediately stops the guide information service by the central control unit 102.

In addition, in order for the user to upgrade the latest guide data information according to the upgrade guidance notice of the GPS terminal 100, after connecting to the upgrade server 11 through the communication network 30 through the communication unit 103, the customer information The contents DB together with the management information on the guide data, including the latest guide data according to the product information DB 13 and the customer information DB 14 connected to the server 11 and inputting the GPS terminal 100 information. After downloading from (12), it is stored with the information in the storage unit 104 of the GPS terminal 100.

On the other hand, in the manufacturing and production process of the GPS terminal 100 is assigned a unique number and manufacturing date, etc. of each GPS terminal so that the process can be performed, the assigned unique number and manufacturing date and the like connected to the upgrade server 11 It is preferable to store in the product information DB 13 so that the use is made when the user requests an upgrade.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for upgrading a GPS terminal according to the present invention, and is for limiting the guidance information service of the GPS terminal.

First, a satellite signal is received from the GPS satellite 30 through the GPS receiver 101 included in the GPS terminal 100 (S11).

The central control unit 102 of the GPS terminal 100 analyzes and extracts information such as the location, time and date of the current GPS terminal 100 from the received satellite signal (S12). The extracted location, time, and date information are compared with management information of the guide data stored in the storage unit 104 of the GPS terminal 100 to determine whether the guide data of the GPS terminal 100 being used is valid (S13). ). That is, it is determined by referring to the update date, expiration date, or version information whether the upgrade has been recently performed.

When the guide data stored in the GPS terminal 100 is valid, various guide information services are provided to the user according to the program of the memory unit 105 and according to the type of the guide data (S14).

If the guide data of the GPS terminal 100 is an old version, or if the validity period has elapsed or an error occurs or is invalid, the user is notified by instructing the user to upgrade the new guide data from the upgrade server 11. Or, if necessary, do not provide to the user in order to limit the service for all or part of the function of the information service (S15).

In accordance with the limitation of the guide information service, the GPS terminal 100 determines whether new guide data and management information of the guide data have been upgraded from the upgrade server 11 (S16).

After the GPS terminal 100 is connected to the upgrade server 11 through the communication network 30, the GPS terminal 100 provides product information and customer information. After the upgrade is performed with new guide data, the upgraded guide information service is normally provided. S17), when the upgrade of the guide data is not made, the normal guide information service is not provided by limiting all or part of the guide information service (S18).

According to the present invention, in the manufacturing and production process of the GPS terminal 100, management information such as the expiration date and version information of the guide data is input and stored in the storage unit 104 so that the sale is made, and the GPS terminal ( After assigning each unique number to 100), the respective guide data version, date and product information according to the unique number are also registered in the product information DB 13 of the upgrade server 11, respectively.

In addition, according to the product information and customer information input after the user connects to the server 11 using the GPS terminal 100, the server through the version, date and product information or customer information of new guide data built into each GPS terminal. The product information DB 13 and the customer information DB 14 connected to (11) are also updated with new contents, respectively.

Through the above process, the GPS terminal operator can always perform the various advertisements and announcements directly or indirectly to the user who accesses the mail, the telephone, the server, etc. by securing the latest information of the customer.

In addition, the newly upgraded guide data in the storage unit 104 of the GPS terminal 100 may also be stored at the same time management information, such as the effective date, the period can be induced to always receive the guide information service through the latest guide data. For example, if the validity period of the guide data upgraded from the server 11 to the GPS terminal 100 is 30 days, it is only valid for 30 days from the date of upgrading the guide data. Therefore, when the user uses the GPS terminal 100, the date information extracted by the GPS satellite signal is compared with the stored valid date, or when the expiration date is approaching, the user may upgrade to new guide data in advance. Notice that. In other words, "Upgrade the DB of the GPS terminal" to indicate by voice or text. Such guidance may be provided on the same day or for a certain period depending on the type of guidance data.

In addition, internally, it continuously checks whether it has been upgraded with new guide data, and if it is not updated after a certain period, for example, “Safe driving ahead. Do not output the voice guidance information service corresponding to the safe driving section. Such a function is preferably set in advance in the GPS terminal 100.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is determined whether the guide data embedded in the GPS terminal is valid and induces the user to upgrade new guide data when it is not valid, and does not upgrade the guide data despite the guide. By limiting some or all of the guide information service, there is an effect of preventing confusion on the use of the GPS terminal by wrong guide information to the user.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, after the user of the GPS terminal connects to the server to newly upgrade the guide data, the information of the GPS terminal and the customer's information are provided to the server, whereby various advertisements or announcements are provided to the GPS terminal through the server of the manufacturer. It is possible to manage the customer more efficiently by making it possible to carry out such as, and can be expected to be used as data for management, maintenance and repair of the GPS terminal.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a GPS terminal having a guide information service restriction function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of restricting a guide information service of a GPS terminal according to the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: Upgrade Center 11: Upgrade Server

12: Content DB 13: Product Information DB

14: Customer Information DB 20: Communication Network

30: GPS satellite 100: GPS terminal

101: GPS receiver 102: central control unit

103: communication unit 104: storage unit

105: memory section 106: input section

107: output unit

Claims (6)

In the GPS terminal including a GPS receiver for providing a variety of guidance information to the user, a) receiving a satellite signal from a GPS satellite in a GPS receiver and extracting time, date and location information; b) The extracted time, date and location information are compared with the management information including the validity period embedded in the GPS terminal to determine whether the current guide data stored in the GPS terminal is valid. Providing a service; c) informing and notifying the user of service limitations and upgrades when the invalid guide data or the expiration date have expired according to the determination; And and d) providing or limiting the guidance information service of the GPS terminal according to the new upgrade after the announcement. The method of claim 1, The guide data is a method of upgrading a GPS terminal, including guide information on safe driving to a user while driving a vehicle, including road information, dangerous area, and location of a surveillance camera. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In step b), the management information of the GPS terminal is determined whether the guide data is valid based on the expiration date, the update date, and the current version, and can be upgraded simultaneously with the management information on the new guide data when upgrading. GPS terminal upgrade method. The method according to claim 1 or 2, According to the validity of the guide data of the GPS terminal, the upgrade notification guide and the service restriction notice guide to the user are provided from the GPS terminal visually and visually, including voice, sound, or screen guidance. Upgrade method of the GPS terminal, characterized in that by using one or more of the product information DB, customer information DB of the server to inform and guide by one or more of mail, telephone or voice message. A GPS terminal including a GPS receiver for providing various guide information services to a user; And A server providing an upgrade to the GPS terminal by linking a content DB including a product information DB, a customer information DB, and guide data related to the GPS terminal; Upgrade system of the GPS terminal, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 5, The upgrade server includes product information, customer information, and content information for each GPS terminal, and changes to new contents when there is an upgrade request from the GPS terminal, and continuously maintains and manages the GPS terminal. Upgrade system.